From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... coffee.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
The founder and his friends channel spirituality to newcomers, hire halls, make hospital arrangements, and entreat their wives to brew gallons of coffee.
2.
... coffee.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
3.
... coffee and
cake after the meetings, where ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence
and comfort in the laughter and talk.
4.
... coffee, but
neither his wife nor anyone ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Though he is now a most effective member of Alcoholics Anonymous,
he still smokes and drinks coffee, but neither his wife nor anyone else stands in judgment.
5.
... coffee drinker.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
6.
... coffee seven
days a week.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
We tried volunteers,
who were quickly disenchanted with sweeping floors and brewing coffee seven days a week.
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